Abbreviations

• PAN

  Personal Area Network
• HAN

  Home Area Network
• NIC

  Network Interface Card
• ADSL

  Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• UTP

  Unshielded Twisted Pair
• NOS

  Network Operating System
• ISP

  Internet Service Provider
• LTE

  Long-Term Evolution
• URL

  Uniform Resource Locator
• IP

  Internet Protocol
• CC

  Carbon Copy
• BCC

  Blind Carbon Copy
• IM

  Instant Messaging
• USB

  Universal Serial Bus
• HDMI

  High-Definition Multimedia Interface
• RSI

  Repetitive Strain Injury
• CTS

  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• GUI

  Graphical User Interface
• DTP

  Desktop Publishing
• LCD

  Liquid Crystal Display
• LED

  Light-Emitting Diode
• PnP

  Plug and Play
• GPU

  Graphics Processing Unit
• ICT

  Information and Communication Technology
• POS

  Point of Sale
• EULA

  End-User License Agreement
• OSS

  Open Source Software
• MFD

  Multi-Function Device
• CD

  Compact Disc
• DVD

  Digital Versatile Disc
• OMR

  Optical Mark Recognition
• MICR

  Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
• OCR

  Optical Character Recognition
• RFID

  Radio-Frequency Identification
• QR Code

  Quick Response
• ROM

  Read-Only Memory
• RAM

  Random Access Memory
• CPU

  Central Processing Unit
• DIMM

  Dual Inline Memory Module
• ZIF

  Zero Insertion Force